Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) took aim Friday at former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, saying the leading GOP presidential candidate had “joined the dinosaur wing of the Republican Party and endorsed extreme, job-killing policies.”

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) pleaded Thursday for a “balanced approach” to cutting spending and raising the debt ceiling, and alleged that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and some other Republicans want the economy to worsen so President Obama does not win reelection.

A top campaign aide and a political operative to former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that they sought to use robo-calls on Election Day to suppress turnout among the state’s black voters.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley led a chorus of Demoratic governors who on Thursday chided their Republican counterparts for not playing a more constructive role in the federal debt-ceiling negotiations.